A late Friday afternoon press release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo touted "More than $1 Million in Public and Private Investment" to help nonprofit meet surging demand for legal services for immigrants.

Cuomo also announced that he and Michael Jordan had combined to win six NBA championships.

Responding to an inquiry from Crain's, the administration acknowledged that the new program's $1 million will all be private funds.

The governor's release also called the program "the nation’s first public-private immigrant legal defense initiative." But that is not true. Rosa Goldensohn reports.

Editorial: De Blasio does city a disservice

In early sign that Bill de Blasio's political radar was broken, the mayor in 2014 sought pre-K funding and refused to take yes for an answer. The mayor's grandstanding helped poison his relationship with the notoriously prickly Cuomo and other state leaders.

One would think de Blasio would have learned from this experience. One would be wrong: Three years later, he's at it again. A Crain's editorial urges the mayor to stop undermining the city in Albany.

Nonunion leader explains why his side is winning

On a nonunion construction site, according to the Empire State Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors, it is not uncommon for a craftperson to perform specialty work and then help clean the job site or assist someone else performing a different job. "It’s no secret that the teamwork model is why the merit shop is more competitive" than union contractors, Joshua Reap writes in an op-ed.

"As long as [union leaders] remain unwilling to let go of their old ways, work will continue to slip between their fingers," he predicts. Read more here.

Professors drop five figures on Albany ad blitz

The Professional Staff Congress, the CUNY professors' union, has spent five figures on a radio and television advertising campaign now airing in Albany. Find out why.